Monday, September 24, 2012

Let the Countdown Begin

Believe it or not... the following decorations for our house were initiated by LEE!! He has been bugging me to do this. He even picked out the location in our house :) So sweet! So tonight... we drew, cut, strung, taped and measured.

We have some sweet, sweet friends THE SMITH'S who did something similar to this. Their agency gives out official numbers so they used that to countdown (They're number 1 for a little boy right now!!). They have loved on us throughout our entire adoption journey. Lee saw theirs in their kitchen. He LOVED it and has always wanted to do something similiar. We decided since our agency says we will be waiting 18-24 months that we would just take one circle off every month. We get to take number 24 down in a few days :))) Obviously, with the uncertainties in international adoption this is not a "for sure" thing that we will get Malachi in 24 months or less... but we are praying and will love moving one month closer to him!
We decided to do "zig-zags" because that's how the Smith's had theirs and it looked great.

Check it out :)

After we hung it, we were both just standing back proudly looking at it. I said "Lee.... it makes an "M."

Lee said "it sure does!" We both just smiled really big. There was something reassuring and confirming about that small, small detail.

4 comments:

I love it! I just might copy! And our new guy is tentatively named Micah...so I may copy the zigzag, too.

We also implemented a Cookie Day on our monthly anniversary of DTE. I saw an adoption video in which the family went out for ice cream on their DTE date each month. I thought it was a great idea to "celebrate" the wait instead of dreading the monthly reminder that you're waiting. So, I am going to make a different type of cookie each month.

About Me

My name is Abby Blackburn. I am married to my best friend, Lee. We have two biological sons, Miller and Chip, and are currently in the process of adopting a little boy from Ethiopia. We have not met him yet, but are requesting a 0-24 month old child. We plan to give him the name Malachi and cannot wait to see his face for the first time! Thanks for following our journey!